Discover the Queen of Urban Crime, Heather Burnside.A DEVASTATING ATTACK.Beth is walking her dog in a secluded wooded area around Manchester, when she's viciously attacked. After fighting the man off, she gets away with her life, but is left with a horrifying secret.A LOVER'S BETRAYAL.As Beth moves on from her trauma with new husband Brady, she seems a happy, successful career...

Discover the Queen of Urban Crime, Heather Burnside.Will Justice Be Served?Hannah Conway overhears a lot while working behind the bar of a nightclub – friendly gossip, lovers quarrels, bad business deals – but nothing that usually involves anyone she cares about.Until she hears Jez Reilly, a corrupt businessman who runs the club, talking about the street her grandma lives on. Jez wants to buy the land for a new luxury development, and most ...

Discover the Queen of Urban Crime, Heather Burnside.Can she save him from himself?Growing up in one of Manchester's roughest council estates Mark (Macca) McNeil's life seems already written for him until joining forces with rough boy Todd Brown to form a gang offers him a way out.He is finally changing his life but then, there is Joanne… She is more than a fling and although they come from t...

'Be prepared, once you start reading, it's hard to put down.' NetGalley Reviewer, *****Follow the ups and downs of the working girls on the streets of Manchester – as they navigate ruthless pimps, passionate love affairs, intimidating gangs, and heart-racing revenge – with the gritty gangland thrillers from Heather Burnside.Collected in a single volume for the first time, this is the five novels in the Working Girls series:THE MARKRUBY

Discover the Queen of Urban Crime, Heather Burn****side.Someone knows what she did...Businesswoman Laura Sharples owns a fashionable chain of clothing shops, but not so long ago she called herself Crystal and worked the streets of Manchester. Although she's moved on, she's never forgotten how far she had to go to beat her addictions and raise her daughter, Candice.But when Laura's business ...

Gangland fictionwith characters to die for – discover the Queen of Urban Crime, Heather Burn****side.She's got her street family but who can she trust?TWO SISTERS ALONESophie and Kelsey have always had each other. When their mum is diagnosed with cancer and their dad fails to step up, they're forced to move into the care system. But Sophie knows they'll be okay as long as sh...

Gangland fictionwith characters to die for – discover the Queen of Urban Crime, Heather Burn****side.When your enemies get close, family loyalty is all you can trust.Brother and sister Peter and Adele Robinson never stood a chance. Dragged up by an alcoholic, violent father, and a weak, beaten mother, their childhood in Manchester only prepared them for a life of crime and struggle. But Ade...

Gangland fictionwith characters to die for – discover the Queen of Urban Crime, Heather Burn****side.Can she survive the city streets alone?NOBODY TO CALLWith an unfit mother and a brother who despises her, working girl Amber can rely on no one but herself – until the meanest pimp in Manchester, Kev Pike, offers her his protection. Unfortunately, this attracts the fury of Co...

Gangland fictionwith characters to die for – discover the Queen of Urban Crime, Heather Burnside.When everyone is on the make, it's hard to tell who's fooling who...A TRIP TO THE DARK SIDEWhen respected journalist, Maddy, goes to interview prostitutes in a rundown Manchester pub, she doesn't reckon on attracting the attention of their ruthless pimp, Gilly. He quickly decides to use Maddy for...

Gangland fictionwith characters to die for – discover the Queen of Urban Crime, Heather Burn****side.Standing by your family can be deadly.Adele Robinson is locked up – convicted for the murder of her abusive father. She quickly realises that she'll have to play it tough if she's going to survive, and soon gains a reputation for standing her ground.Meanwhile, her brother Peter is building h...

Gangland fictionwith characters to die for – discover the Queen of Urban Crime, Heather Burn****side.Protecting family can be deadly.It's 1991, and Rita is looking forward to her return to Manchester after a few years in Greece with her husband Yansis. But once back she finds a cuckoo in the family nest – a dope-smoking 'businessman' called Leroy. Worse, he is her sister Jenny's bo...

Gangland fictionwith characters to die for – discover the Queen of Urban Crime, Heather Burn****side.Down but never beatenWhen Julie Quinley wakes up after a night out with friends to find herself accused of murder, it proves to be only the beginning of her worst nightmare. Released by the police due to lack of evidence, Julie nevertheless faces the taunts and hostility of colleagues, as more and m...